The Emperor of Gladness — Ocean Vuong

READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS Read it slowly Let it wreck you Then read it again I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book I would give it 6 stars if I could Sad and funny devastating and quietly celebratory A masterwork of compassion and complexity College dropout Hai doesn t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life One summer evening in the town of East Gladness Connecticut nineteen year old Hai stands on a bridge ready to jump when he hears someone shout across the river The voice belongs to Grazina an elderly widow succumbing to dementia Over the course of the year the unlikely pair develops a life altering bond When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina his fellow workers become the family he didn t expect to find United by desperation and circumstance and existing on the fringes of society together they bear witness to each other s survival This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance Tanıtım Bülteninden